CVE-2014-8994

medium

Description

The check_diskio plugin 3.2.6 and earlier for Nagios and Icinga allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name (tmp/check_diskio_status-*-*).

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98849

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71208

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/701

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/679

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-11-28

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00063